Friday, May 23, 2008

Owies and fevers

On Monday, Kaelyn went to the dr for her 1 year check up. She weighed in at 23 lbs 4 oz (75-90%), 28.5 in (25%) and her head is in the 90th percentile. Thank you Germanns for the big smart heads. She is doing very well. She had to get 2 shots and have her finger poked to test her iron level. She didn't even cry when they poked her finger and cried for about 5 seconds after the two shots. What a big girl. Well, we got home and she started running a fever. I didn't think much of it cause I figured it was from the shots. In the middle of the night, she woke up and her temp was 103. I was a little concerned, but was still attributing it to the shots. 48 hrs later she was still running a 102 temp, so I called the dr. He told us to come on in. She had decreased breath sounds on one side and he said it was either early pneumonia, bronchiolitis, or roseola. So we started Kaelyn's first antibiotic. 48 hrs later, the fever was gone and she broke out in a rash all over her upper body. Roseola it is!! I was glad cause that meant we got to stop the anitbiotic. Her lungs sound great now, and she is finally a happy camper. That bug is out of the way now.

4 comments:

Book Worm said...

Love Roseloa. We've enjoyed it too. Congrats! Glad she's feeling better. They say once the rash breaks out they are better...just look worse. This is what Lucy had for her 1st birthday.

Kristin's Blog said...

Charlie got Roseola once and had a high fever for about a week! Poor little Kaelyn! Hang in there!

Amanda Fortney said...

poor baby girl! i'm glad it wasn't pneumonia though and that she's feeling better.

Kristin said...

Oh, poor Kaelyn! Hope she's feeling better now. On a lighter note, she is getting so big! Can you believe it's been a year already?